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72 Ohio St. L.J. 95 (2011)
The Echoes of Slavery: Recognizing the Racist Origins of the Agricultural and Domestic Worker Exclusion from the National Labor Relations Act

handle is hein.journals/ohslj72 and id is 97 raw text is: The Echoes of Slavery: Recognizing the Racist Origins of the Agricultural and Domestic Worker Exclusion from the National Labor Relations Act JUAN F. PEREA* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE NEW DEAL ............ 100 A. Blacks and Southern Agriculture ........................................... 100 B. The Politics of the New Deal .................................................. 102 II. THE EXCLUSION OF BLACKS FROM THE NEW DEAL ...................... 104 A. The National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) ........................ 104 B. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1933) .................... 107 C. The Social Security Act (1935) ............................................... 109 D. The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) .................................... 114 III. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND ITS EXCLUSION OF AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES .............................. 118 A. The Legislative History of Section 152(3) .............................. 118 B. Interpreting Section 152(3) of the NLRA as Racially D iscrim inatory ........................................................................ 124 IV. THE AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC WORKER EXCLUSION T O D A Y ......................................................................................... 126 A . Litigation Strategy .................................................................. 127 1. Proof of Discriminatory Intent .......................................... 129 2. The Difference in Demographics ...................................... 133 * Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Hazouri & Roth Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law. Visiting Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Fall 2010; Distinguished Visiting Reuschlein Professor, Villanova Law School, Spring, 2011. Thanks to Sam Brunson, Elizabeth Dale, Risa Goluboff, Leonard Mandell, John Nowak, Jennifer Rosato, Larry Schlam, D. Daniel Sokol, Christopher Slobogin, Barry Sullivan, Alexander Tsesis, Spencer Waller, and Mike Zimmer for their comments and suggestions. Thanks also to the faculties of University of Florida College of Law, Seton Hall Law School, University of Richmond Law School, Wake Forest Law School, University of Nevada at Las Vegas Law School, Washington College of Law at Catholic University, University of San Francisco College of Law, Northern Illinois University School of Law, and Loyola University Chicago School of Law for opportunities to present this work and for helpful questions and comments. I appreciate the generous financial support of the University of Florida Levin College of Law which enabled my work on this project.

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